Snap-button.



C. F. KLETT.

' SNAP BUTTON. APPHCATION FILED AUGJi. i915.

1 ,1 92,072. Patented July 25, 1916.

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CHRISTIAN F. KLET'I, OF PARKESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A$SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PAUL ALEXY, OF PHTLADELPHIA, PENN SYLV'JQLKI'IA.

SNAP-BUTTON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN F. KLE'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkesburg, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap- Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in snap buttons, the object of the invention being to provide an improved construction of socket member having improved means for securing the same to the material to which the socket member is attached, which insures a rigid, immovable connection of the parts, and results in a strong and durable structure.

A further object is to provide a snap button in which a clamping washer is com pressed to grip the material to which the socket member is attached, and rigidly hold the socket member in position in the material.

A further object is to improve upon the,

construction illustrated in Patent No. 1,118,022 granted to me November 24, 1914. With these and other objects in view, the

' invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating the outer face of my improved socket member. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the inner face of the socket member. Fig. 3 is a view in section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing the socket member in full lines in its shape as it is positioned through the opening in the material, and in dotted lines showing the first bent position. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the socket member in its com plete finished state. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clamping washer 4, and Fig. 6 is a view in elevation showing a circular form of clamping washer.

My improved socket member comprises four separate and distinct parts, namely, an outer body member 1, an inner holding member 2, an intermediate stud-receiving member 3, and a clamping washer 4, all of which are stamped from sheet metal and in assembling the same no solder or other means is employed either to secure the parts Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 11, 1915.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Serial No. 45,030.

together or to connect the same to the-material, all of which will be hereinafter more fully pointed out.

The outer body member 1 is the socket member, and has an inwardly turned annular flange 5 to bear against the outwardly pro ecting annular flange 6 on the holding member 2. The stud-receiving member 3 also has an annular outwardly projecting flange 7 at its inner end which is clamped between the flange 6 and the inner face of body member 1, so as to effectually clamp the members 1, 2, and 3, together.

The holding member 2 is adapted to be projected through an opening 8 in the material 9, and the opening 8 is smaller than the member 2, so that in projecting the latter through the opening, the material around the wall of the opening is bent inwardly as shown at 10.

The clamping washer 4 is appreciably larger than the holding member 2, and bears a gamst the inner face'of the material 9 and through this clamping washer the inwardly bent portions 10 of the material project as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The washer 4 in cross section is curved or convex so that when the member 2 is flared outwardly and bent against the washer 4, it will serve to flatten the washer 4, causing the hole in the latter to rpduce in area, and thereby compel the inner wall of the washer to grip or bite into the inwardly projecting portion 10 of the material 9 as shown clearly in Fig. 4. Furthermore, by reason of this bending outwardly of the member 2 and then flattening the same as far as permitted by the several parts, the inwardly bent portion 10 of the material 9 is caused to encircle or coverthe inner edge of the clamping washer 4, and hence the material is rigidly secured and the socket member is held against movement.

The stud-receiving member 3 is provided with a plurality of stud-receiving sockets 11, if desired, which would cause the socket member to be of somewhat elongated elliptical shape or if desired, this socket member may be circular, in which event a circular clamping washer 12 will be employed as shown in Fig. 6.

By employing the clamping washer 4, and bending the holding member 2 against the washer, I am enabled to secure the socket member to the material without any danger the material, but on the other hand, I etfectually secure the socket member and the material togethenso that there can be no independent movement and no tearing apart.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A snap button, comprising a studreceiving socket member and a holding member adapted to be projected through the material to be secured, and a clamping washer against which the holding member is bent, said clamping washer arched in cross section and adapted to have its opening contracted by the pressure of the holding member thereagainst and to clamp the material against the outer face of the holding member, substantially as described.

2. A snap button member comprising. a stud-receiving member, a holding member, said stud-receiving and holding members having outwardly projectingflanges, a body member clamping thesaid flanges, said holding member adapted to be projected through an opening in the material to which itris to be secured, whereby the material is caused to bend against the outer face of the hold- 1ng member, and a clamping washer having its opening adapted to be contracted by the pressure of the holding member when the end of the latter is flared outwardly against the same, said clamping washer adapted to clamp the material against the outer face of holding member and the material to be secured, said washer having its opening adapted to be contracted by the holding member, whereby its inner wall is adapted to clamp the material against thesnap button member, substantially as described.

4. A snap button comprising a studreceiving member, a holding member, said stud-receiving and holding members having outwardly projecting flanges, a body member clamping the said flanges, said holding member adapted to beprojected through the material to which it is to be secured, whereby the material around the holding member is bent, a clamping washer having a central opening large enough to receive the bent portion of the material around the holding member, said washer curved in cross section, and said holding member adapted to be 'bent inwardly-against the washer to flatten the same and to cause the inner wall of the washer to grip the bent portion of the material, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

CHRISTIAN F. KLETT. Witnesses:

G. E. Po'r'rs, MARIE. J AOKSON.

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Washington, D. C. 

